Intentionality and behaviorism

Abstract

“Behaviorism” stands for a variety of attitudes and methodological positions in psychology. There are all kinds of positions whose definitions are often so varied and vague that not even their various proponents agree on them, like logical behaviorism, philosophical behaviorism, methodological behaviorism, radical behaviorism, neobehaviorism, and many more. By “intentionality,” it discusses the Brentano-Husserl notion of the directedness of the mental. The directedness of the mental simply meant that for each mental phenomenon. In studying man, one needs a very comprehensive theory that includes a theory of action, a theory of meaning and communication, a theory of reference, and a theory of knowledge. All of these are interconnected in such a way that evidence is transmitted between the theories. © 1982, North-Holland Publishing Company